WALIMUDDIN KHAN & ORS. vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 03.02.2025 Pronounced on: 25.04.2025 W.P.(C) 7956/2014 WALIMUDDIN KHAN AND ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr.Shreenath A. Khemka, Mr.Ganesh A. Khemka and Mr.Shubham, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr.Manish Mohan, CGSC with Mr.Jatin Teotia,Mr.Varenyum, Ms.Aishani Mohan, Advs. Col. Maheshwar Sharma CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINDER KAUR JUDGMENT NAVIN CHAWLA, J. 1. This petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking a direction to the respondents to grant to the petitioners herein a revised pay scale of Rs. 5,000-8,000 with effect from 01.01.1996, in accordance with the Sixth Central Pay Commission (‘6th CPC’). 2. The petitioners have filed the present petition alleging therein that the petitioners were appointed as Assistant Chargeman (Signals) (‘ACM(Op) Signals’) in the Border Roads Organisation (‘BRO’) between 1985 and 1998 in accordance with the General Reserve Engineer Force Group 'C' and Group 'D' Recruitment Rules, 1982 (‘Recruitment Rules’). 3. The Recruitment Rules provided the essential qualification for appointment to t